Sujet
Friar Tuck
Légende
London Cigarette Card Company card 1924 depicting: Friar Tuck is a common character in modern Robin Hood stories, which depict him as a jovial friar and one of Robin's Merry Men. The figure of Tuck was common in the May Games festivals of England and Scotland during the 15th through 17th centuries. He appears as a character in the fragment of a Robin Hood play from 1475, sometimes called Robin Hood and the Knight or Robin Hood and the Sheriff, and a play for the May games published in 1560 which tells a story similar to Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar.
Date
1924
Crédit
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Notre référence
ARP23A13_278
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
60,0Mo (1,9Mo) / 28,0cm x 53,7cm / 3308 x 6340 (300dpi)